NorthridgeStats

Residents

57,561

Median Age

32

Median Income

$67,906

Crime Coverage

Los Angeles police on Thursday formally introduced the department's first "volunteer citizen patrol," a 15-person pilot program based in the San Fernando Valley that officials hope will eventually spread across the city. The volunteers will not carry guns and won't take enforcement action, Los...

A 19-year-old woman was killed early Sunday after her vehicle was struck by a suspected drunk driver in Northridge, authorities said. The woman’s Ford Mustang was hit by a Honda Civic as she traveled through the intersection of Roscoe Boulevard and Lindley Avenue at about 3:40 a.m., said Liliana...

Los Angeles police searched Cal State Northridge after shots were fired and two men were seen running into a dorm, police said. Police received a report of shots fired about 1:10 p.m. at Kinzie Street and Lindley Avenue in front of the University Park Apartments near CSUN, Los Angeles police Officer...

Authorities have arrested a man they said attempted to commit “suicide by cop” after ramming into a patrol car with the hope of provoking a deputy to shoot him. Los Angeles County sheriff’s officials said Daniel Hoon Chang rear-ended Deputy Maria Ramirez’s patrol car about 5:15 a.m. Tuesday while...

School officials said late Thursday that a fraternity at Cal State Northridge was under investigation for possible hazing, months after a pledge at a different Greek organization died during a mandatory hike. In a letter posted by school newspaper the Daily Sundial, William Watkins, vice president...

Los Angeles police alleged Monday that a 28-year-old man fatally stabbed a Cal State Northridge student who went missing more than a month ago after trying to sell his luxury car on Craigslist. Agustin Fernandez of Long Beach was charged Monday with one count of murder in the death of Abdullah...

Armando Villa and a group of fraternity pledge brothers set out for their hike Monday night, climbing a trail at the edge of Angeles National Forest barefoot. They left their cellphones behind, carrying only some water.

But Tuesday, as the sun beat down on the chaparral-covered slopes, their water...

California political leaders marked the 20th anniversary of the Northridge earthquake Friday by calling for more aggressive preparations for the bigger one that seismologists say is inevitable.Pete Wilson, who was governor when the 1994 quake knocked down buildings and freeway overpasses, ruptured...